I’m a little slow
I have been pretty busy trying to get content and traffic built for MXConnection.net. So busy that I haven’t really had time to think about anything else. Trying to launch an online community is a lot harder than I imagined.
Officially the board has been opened since February 12 and we didn’t see any new users until a couple weeks later. Eeek! I think my initial thought was I will open a new forum for MX and I will get a ton of people to join. But now I know, and should have known before, that just starting a new forum is not going to get users to you. So I have been doing a ton of reading on what other admins have done to build traffic. To sum up what I found, building traffic equals building content for the site and getting the word out.
We are doing a few things right now to help get the word out about the site. The biggest thing, I think, is we (Alev and I) created a myspace page for MXConnection. We did a few local searches and added as many local riders as we could and from there we starting branching out worldwide. Currently our friend list is 323 strong and still growing. The other stuff we are doing is smaller but people swear by it. The “small stuff” includes adding the link to the site to our email & forum signatures. As well as doing some link exchange stuff with other web admins.
Now, I have notice a small tiny problem with the order I’ve done things. I’m building traffic for a site that, content-wise, is lacking. Currently we have Motocross Track Locator, MX Glossary, Arcade, and a Virtual Garage in the works. I originally thought the Locator would be a huge draw but even that takes some working developing traffic, that is a whole another story. So even though we have seen an increase in traffic we are not seeing an increase in user registrations. Users don’t want to register for a site with no users/postings. So I’m trying to bust my ass getting a ton of posts on the board and making sure all postings go answered. I hope this will help get some more users on the site.
As soon as I take the time I will start developing more non-forum content. I am hoping to get some Articles, Tutorials, and Reviews underway. I have a slight problem with this. My writing skills sucks some balls, as you can tell by my blog. I don’t have the confidence to write the quality stuff I would want for the site. So I may have to find myself an editor (hello Sis!) or find someone who would like to write for the site. If someone happens to come across this and would like to write for MXC please contact me.
That is pretty much the happenings with me and the MXC project. Riding is pretty stale right now but I will update on that in another posting.
Peace Out!
